To write to
ἐπιστέλλωStrong’s G1989epistellō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epistellō is the Greek word usually translated “write”, “wrote to” and “have written”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”
Meaning
Usually translated “write”, “wrote to” and “have written”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to write 1
- wrote to 1
- i have written 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 21:25As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
- Hebrews 13:22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιστέλλω epistellō · to write to
ἐπι-στέλλω [in LXX: 3Ki.5:8 Neh.6:19 (שָׁלַח), Jdth.15:4, 1Ma.10:25 1Mac 12:7 1Mac 13:18 (in each case with seel. ἀποσ-) * ;] 1. to send to. 2. to send a message by letter, to write word (MM, Exp., xiv): with dative of person(s), Act.21:25, Heb.13:22; before τοῦ, with inf., Act.15:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “write” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WRITE, verb transitive
preterit tense wrote.; participle passive writ, written. [Latin]
- To form by a pen on paper or other material, or by a graver on wood or stone; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.
- To express by forming letters and words on paper or stone; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement.
- To engrave. [See the preceding definition.]
- To impress durable. write useful truths on the heart.
All definitions and other forms of “write”
- To compose or produce, as an author.
- To copy; to transcribe.
- To communicate by letter.
WRITE, verb intransitive
- To perform the act of forming characters, letters or figures, as representatives of sounds or ideas.
- To be employed as a clerk or an amanuensis.
- To play the author; as, he thinks, he speaks, he writes, he sings.
- To recite or relate in books.
- To send letters.
- To call ones self; to be entitled; to use the style of.
- To compose; to frame or combine ideas and express them in words.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.